All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
CARL SAGANScience is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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